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TennesseeAnts' Ant Journals (Back for now)

Started By TennesseeAnts , May 30 2019 4:29 AM
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#301 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 26 2019 - 6:39 AM

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No cap. I never thought I’d see one. Much less freakin Halloween time. I think the big drought and unseasonable warmth delayed their flights.
Now I can die in peace, lol.

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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#302 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 27 2019 - 8:23 AM

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I am collecting two new Formica pallidefulva colonies, and they both have over 100 workers. Soon, I will have them both in mini hearths.

 

Lasius speculiventris (formerly L. aphidicola)

10-27-19

 

She is now dead. :(


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#303 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 27 2019 - 8:52 AM

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Oof, ruff life
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#304 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 28 2019 - 6:45 PM

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Solenopsis invicta (Colony #1)
10-28-19

Small cluster of eggs in the tube now. I bred these in captivity, so I really hope they develop! But the queens are caring for them, and they're in a nice little ball, and not exhibiting any signs of infertility, so high hopes!
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#305 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 28 2019 - 6:55 PM

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Eggs visible in the center of the pic.

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#306 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 29 2019 - 7:14 AM

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I've seen some of my Camponotous queens attach their eggs to their midsection (somehow), so it's cool to know my ants don't belong in an insane asylum  


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#307 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 29 2019 - 7:24 AM

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I've never seen that!

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#308 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 29 2019 - 7:26 AM

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Lasius claviger (Colony #1)
10-29-19

I got her 15 Lasius cf. neoniger host workers today. Seemingly getting along.

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#309 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 29 2019 - 9:01 AM

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Please describe the process of captive breeding your S. invictas!


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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#310 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 29 2019 - 12:05 PM

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Alabama, but with ants. Nah, I'm just kidding, but it is a very interesting concept
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#311 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 29 2019 - 12:41 PM

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Please describe the process of captive breeding your S. invictas!


I literally tossed the queens and males into a tall container (water bottle). The males flew around for a bit, but I didn't see any mating because I left to eat lunch, but when I cam back, the queens were missing their wings, and four of the five males were dead.

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#312 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 29 2019 - 12:50 PM

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If only the hunger games plot was like this...
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#313 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 29 2019 - 3:32 PM

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It would have defiantly have been a best seller. Albeit, more mocking jays

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#314 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted November 8 2019 - 6:14 AM

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Aphaenogaster rudis (Colony #1)
11-8-19

So, a few days ago I accidentally found a colony of these in the woods, under a piece of bark. I collected them in one of my aspirators, and headed home. I got them into a test tube and counted up the workers, brood ect. I came up with 75-80 workers, a single queen and more brood than a single Aphaenogaster colony could ever need (about 120 larvae). When I collected them, they still had new eggs and growing larvae. Today, I can see about 30 new eggs, and the larvae have doubled in size, some ready to pupate. I gave them a small cricket today and they seem content, with the larvae munching on the gooey insides. Today or tomorrow, I plan on rescuing an Aphaenogaster tennesseensis colony from a grove of trees marked for mulching. I hope I'm successful, as I haven't had much luck in the past collecting Aphaenogaster tennesseensis colonies. That's mainly due to the fact that the queens are hard to spot, as nearly all of her workers are bigger than her. Sometimes twice as big!
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#315 Offline Ferox_Formicae - Posted November 8 2019 - 6:29 AM

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I've seen some of my Camponotous queens attach their eggs to their midsection (somehow), so it's cool to know my ants don't belong in an insane asylum  

I think my Gnamptogenys triangularis queen has and egg attached to her mesosoma.


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#316 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted November 8 2019 - 7:19 AM

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As well as trying to rescue the A. tennesseensis colony, I'll aslo try to find a few new queens from this year's flights. It'll be cool to see them progress from a queen and a few hosts to a thriving colony of parasitic workers. If I'm successful, I'll sell all but one of the new colonies next year.


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#317 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted November 8 2019 - 8:20 AM

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Ooh Aphaenogaster is one of my favorite genera.


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#318 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted November 8 2019 - 9:16 AM

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I just collected a large colony of Aphaenogaster carolinensis as well. About 300 workers, 1000 brood and a queen.
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#319 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted November 20 2019 - 9:36 AM

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Aphaenogaster tennesseensis (Colony #1)
11-20-19

Somehow I managed to miss the queen. This colony is doomed.

Aphaenogaster tennesseensis (Colony #2)
11-20-19

I found this queen in a stick today. I have her in a test tube with 10 workers from Colony #1, and some small larvae.

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#320 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted November 20 2019 - 9:41 AM

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Oh and the Crematogaster missouriensis queen has died.

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